Machine for attaching handle hangers



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Patented July 25, 1939 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FORATTAGHING HANDLE HANGERS Eugene D. Hanset, Portland, Oreg.

Application January 19, 1937, SeriaLNo. 121,273

3 Olaims. (Cl. 140--93) This invention relates to improvements in ma-The main body of the machine consists of a chines for attaching hangerson soft or hardhead I supported by any suitable number of legs 'Woodhandles such as are used on brooms, dust- 2. A channelway 3 is formedcentrally of the mops, push brooms, mop sticks and the like. head andextends inwardly from the front face n The type of hanger used with thepresent inthereof, and. is adapted to receive the end of a 6 vention isshown and described in my co -pending broom handle to which a hanger isto be atapplication, Serial No. 100,659, filed September tached. In.alignment with the channelway and 14, 1936. extending rearwardlytherefrom is a hanger The principalobject of the present inventionfeeding mechanism consisting of an arm 4 '10 is the provision of amachine by means of which shaped in section as shown in 'Figure 3 andthe hangers may be quickly, conveniently and adapted to slidably supporta plurality of hangers accurately shaped and permanently attached to 5which are preferably glued together for reahandles, in such a mannerthat both legs of the sons to be hereinafter pointed out. A followerhanger will be of identical shape and of equal block 6 is slidablymounted on the arm 4 belength. By methods heretofore used to attach hindthe hangers and is adapted to maintain 15 hangers to handles noprovision was made to forward pressure on the hangers by means ofprevent the prongs or inwardly turned ends of cables 1 whose ends areattached to one end of a the hangers from becoming deflected ordistorted spring 8. The opposite end of the spring is atby the grain ofthe wood in the handle, with the tached as at 9 to a treadle arm I0. Thecables result that the hangers when finally driven into I are attachedto the rear end of the follower 20 engagement with the handle wouldassume variblock 6 and extend over pulleys I l thence through I ousirregular shapes. But with my machine I apertures l2 formed in the headof the machine. provide a means for firmly embracing both legs By thisarrangement the tension on the cables of the hanger to maintain theirshape throughcauses a forward pressure on the hangers 5 and out thecompressing operation and for causing advancement thereof each time thetreadle arm 25 the bending of the hanger to take place at its isdepressed. center and in no other place. The centralizing andcompressing elements ar- Other objects and advantages will appear asranged on the front face of the head comprise the invention is morefully hereinafter described two sets of blades Hand 14 slidably mountedin in the following specification, illustrated in the suitable brackets[5 which are secured to the 30 accompanying drawings and finally pointedout front face of the machine. The centralizing in the appended claims.blades l3 have their inner ends notched or V- In the drawings: shaped,as at l6, as best illustrated in Figures Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my new 4 and 6. The opposite or outer ends of these machine. bladesare turned at right angles to themselves 35 Figure 2 is a detail planview of a feeding as at I! to receive one end of coil springs l8.mechanism for the hangers. 'The opposite ends of the springs areattached to Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken pins I9 whichextend through elongated slots 20 n e line 3- o Figure into engagementwith the plates I4 and the 40 Figure 4 is an enlarged front elevation ofa bifurcated ends 2 of a pair f arms 22 which 40 handle cfamranzingmechanism and a hanger are pivoted as at 23 to the front face of the Pmechamsm' machine. The lower ends of the arms 22 are Flgure 5 1S topplan vlew of Flgure turned inwardly as shown in Figure 1 and slid-Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the formation of theends of the centralizing ably engage with angula'fly dlsposed slots 24and compressing blades.

Figure 7 is an enlarged Sectional View through tached to the front faceof the machine by means a handle Showing the compressing blades at theof studs 26 which are secured to the front face completion of theiroperation and the hanger of the machine and W P extendthrough ancompressed into engagement ith th handle elongated slot 21 formed in thecam plate. The 50 Figure 8 is a fragmentary elevation of the end lowerend of the cam is interconnected, y a of a handle showing the hangerapplied thereto p of links With the t ead e arm ID as in finished form.shown. As the treadle arm is depressed, the cam Referring now moreparticularly to the drawplate is moved downwardly and causes aspreadingsing of the lower ends of the arms 22 with a re 55 formed in acam plate 25 which is slidably at- 45 sultant inward movement of theiipper ends thereof.

In Figure 5 it will be seen that the ends of the centralizing blades [3,when at rest, are in advance of the compressing blades with respect to.the handle being dealt with. Thus when the treadle arm is depressed, thecentralizing blades will first come in contact with the broom handle 30and arrange it centrally of the channelway 3. The spring connectionbetween the pins l9 and the ends I? of the blades 13 allows the arms 22and the pins l9, working in the slots 20, to further advance thecompressing blades l4 to grip the ends of the foremost hanger and tocompress them into engagement with the handle.

The ends of the compressing members '4 are grooved and shaped as shownin Figure 5 to correspond in shape with the downwardly and inwardlyturned ends of the hanger as shown in Figures 3 and 7. This particularshape of the ends of the compressing blades allows the hangers to becompressed into the handle without becoming twisted or distorted by thegrain of the wood in the handle, and also causes the bending of thehanger to take place at its apex. Thus, the parallel portions of thelegs of the hanger are finally positioned in parallel relation to thesides of the handle.

The end of the hanger supporting arm 4 disposed within the channelway isprovided with a projection 3! to convey the foremost hanger forward intoreach of the compressing blades M and away from the sides of the arm 4so that the hanger can be compressed. All of the hangers on the arm areglued or otherwise removably held together, not only for convenience inhandling but also to stabilize the foremost hanger as it clears the arm4 in its advancement out over the projection 3! into position to begripped by the compressing blades.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I amaware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest theni selvesto others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention. Having thus described the invention what I claim as newand desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

1. A machine for applying hangers to handles comprising a head, ahorizontal channelway in the head, centralizing blades movabletransversely of the channelway and adapted to centralize a handle withrespect thereto, compression blades movable toward each othertransversely of the channelway and adapted to compress a hanger into thehandle, and means for simultaneously moving all of said blades intocentralizing and compressing positions.

2. A machine for applying hangers to handles comprising a head, achannelway in the head, a hanger-supporting arm having one of its endsdisposed within the channelway and adapted to slidably support aplurality of hangers for advancement into the channelway, a followerblock slidably mounted upon the arm and adapted to apply forwardpressure to the hangers, centralizing means movable transversely of thechannelway and adapted to centralize a handle with respect thereto,compression blades movable toward each other transversely of thechannelway and adapted to compress a hanger into the handle, and meansfor simultaneously moving all of said blades into centralizing andcompressing positions.

3. A machine for applying hangers to handles comprising a head, ahorizontal channelway in the head, centralizing blades movabletransversely of the channelway and adapted to centralize a handle withrespect thereto, compression blades movable toward each othertransversely of the channelway and adapted to compress a hanger into thehandle, and means for progressively moving the centralizing blades andthen the compression blades into their operative positions.

EUGENE D. HANSET.

